Torsten Bell

Labour's Budget is for every street in Britain.

👉 Cutting energy bills
👉 Lifting children out of poverty
👉 Rebuilding public services

While our opponents hide behind cheap, divisive politics, we're getting on with the job: changing Britain.

After today, the child poverty charts I spent 15 years looking at rise under the Conservatives will be coming down. Not in a chart - in Swansea and every other part of the country.

Life is more complicated now. But I'll take that any day.

The two-child cap pushed half of children in larger families into poverty. Today, Labour abolishes it.

I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.

Know what that is? Hope.

A sunny Hafod for this morning’s door-knocking and case work collecting

You were spot on

UK's first three small modular reactors will be built at Wylfa on Ynys Môn. Bringing nuclear power back to Wales means:
- thousands of jobs
- billions of investment
- work starting next year

Exciting news for the Welsh economy coming tomorrow

Lest we forget.

This morning Swansea fell silent to honour the courage of those who served and sacrificed for our country. We will always remember them.

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Interesting paper - a reminder that instability of hours worked poses real challenges for low earners. Challenges higher earners would never put up with christinahydepatterson.com/_files/ugd/322…

A quick update on the Cwmbwrla roundabout after the recent flood 👇
Get in touch: torsten.bell.mp@parliament.uk

Thanks to everyone that made the time to talk to the @swanseawestclp.bsky.social team in Manselton today

What do you mean you want to get Britain building again?

Fourteen years blocking houses and railways being built. Remember that?

Some steep hill based door-knocking behind the @glynnvivian.bsky.social today with the @swanseawestclp.bsky.social team - overtaken several times by the fittest Royal Mail posties ever seen

After a week of faffing around the @dailymail.co.uk have agreed to apologise. Here it is. Fingers crossed for fewer lies/smears dressed up as news in future

Meanwhile… very worried about what is happening to Devon

Damp (and spooky) Swansea Bay Parkrun today

Good to see @dailymail.co.uk @thetimes.com and @telegraphnews.bsky.social all delete their articles - sad the lies went up in the first place

Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs

Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
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Congratulations to @lucympowell.bsky.social - our new Deputy Leader, champion for Labour values and campaigner for a fairer Britain

The WRU’s plans are not fit for purpose, and if any members of the WRU board don’t understand that then neither are they.

Respect would mean understanding that rugby matters west of Cardiff, not least in Swansea.

Respect would mean ending the uncertainty facing clubs, fans and players - not setting up years more of it as they have done today.

Rugby is central to our communities, from the professional game right down to the grassroots. It deserves respect from those responsible for overseeing it. The Welsh Rugby Union has fallen well short of showing that respect today.

Wales green energy industry is growing fast. It can add 15,000 jobs over the next 5yrs - a huge boost for South Wales. But the jobs aren’t guaranteed:
- Reform say they’ll scrap them
- Plaid will in practice do the same. They object to any solar, pylons or wind farms being built

It’s not complicated. People deserve:
- good jobs
- secure homes
- public services we can all rely on
Some reflections from this morning in Townhill

Jhoots Pharmacy are letting down communities in Swansea and beyond – important to hear the situation addressed in Parliament today by @SKinnock.

I’ve been campaigning for the situation at Morristons branch to be urgently resolved. I’ll keep pressing until real progress is made.

Jhoots must step up to the plate and resolve this distressing situation as swiftly as possible. I’ll keep pressing them until that progress is made.

Pharmacies are a vital cornerstone of communities, but Jhoots Pharmacy is letting our community down.

It's good to see some some much needed attention on the situation at the Morriston branch of Jhoots in the South Wales Evening Post - staff and customers deserve better.

Awesome autumn